That's your problem! You don't want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.

Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find myself wondering how they did it. Would anyone love me if I couldn't cook? I always thought cooking was part of the package: Step right up, it's Rachel Samstat, she's bright, she's funny and she can cook!

That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror.

The hardest thing about writing is writing.

If there is a Nora Ephron signature anything it is that there's slightly too much food. I have a friend whose mantra is: You must choose. And I believe the exact opposite: I think you should always have at least four desserts that are kind of fighting with each other.

Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever.

Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it.